Gospel: Luke Luke 17:7-10
(Jesus said to His disciples) “Who among you would say to your servant who
has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here
immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare
something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and
drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished? Is he grateful to that servant
because he did what was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done
all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done
what we were obliged to do.’
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Reflection:
What is the
frequent failing of many who serve in the vineyard of the Lord Jesus Christ? It’s
the feeling of arrogance and the feeling that he/she is special because he/she
is serving in the church.
Take for
example a priest who has a high sense of himself and who gives orders to those
who are at church as if they are his slaves. Sad to say but this is true, it’s
not only the priest who is guilty of this kind of failing we too are often
guilty of this kind of ill-mannered behavior.
If we are
like this then how could we bring others closer to Jesus and how could they see
Jesus in us? Let us not forget that we who are followers of Jesus are His
walking advertisement in this world. If we are arrogant and ill-mannered they
might think that Jesus is like that too!
In our
gospel Jesus reminds us that we are all servants before Him and our fellowmen. It
doesn’t matter how high our position in the church, it doesn’t matter how educated/rich
we are. If we are true followers of Jesus we must then become the servant of
everyone.
For it’s
in serving others and in our humility that we become real and authentic
followers and servants of Jesus. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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